Which AI infrastructure option actually holds a boundary?
Just over two weeks before The Register’s Washington dinner with HPE and NVIDIA, the questions on the table are the ones that decide the architecture.
Just over two weeks before The Register’s Washington dinner with HPE and NVIDIA, the questions on the table are the ones that decide the architecture.
Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…
Union urges Mayor to halt driverless taxi rollout as City Hall report raises questions about safety, congestion, and who's actually in charge
This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found
As of Oct. 12, the Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 robot vacuum and mop is marked down to $499.99 at Amazon, 33% off its list price of $749.99.

Apple's upgraded AirPods Max 2 are down to $429 on Amazon. Features the H2 chip, 1.5x better ANC, real-time Live Translation, and USB-C lossless audio.

If you have a lot of cameras in your home, get ready to pay for more expensive iCloud+ plans.

Google's SynthID Detector will help detect AI-generated media.

Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'
And you'll trust agents to do that for the same reason you no longer worry about automatic transmissions
Korean boffins use oxygen to stop crystals forming in the wrong places, aiming to get tech to commercial sector by 2030
Anthropic's Claude sent a fake tip to the Philadelphia Police Department about an unsolved homicide.

Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.

Amazon officially unveiled its all-new Android Kids Tablets in 8.7-inch and 11-inch sizes, featuring parent-managed Google Play access, AI Storybuilder, and kid-proof cases.

Source attribution matters to 79% of respondents – handy for a company licensing its Q&A archive to model builders
The first version of Microsoft-Decision-1 is based on Qwen3.5-9B, but the next will sport homegrown tech, Redmond reassures
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Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier
OpenAI says it will make $50 billion this year. That's quite a bit less than investors expected.

The Linux creator calls vibe coding ‘a wonderful way to find joy in programming,’ but not for running Linux development. (Finding bugs is OK.)

The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.

SPONSORED FEATURE: While linking the GPUs in a datacenter is a challenge, coordinating thousands of them to work efficiently over hundreds of kilometers presents a new set of difficulties.
Analysts welcome Fusion Claw's tighter controls but warn of early adoption and cloud lock-in
Buyers rushed to beat hikes earlier this year, but demand has since dried up as AI-fueled component shortages send costs soaring
Shield AI matches the funding as autonomous X-BAT heads toward flight testing later this year
The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.

Explore Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra preview featuring local AI agents, Nvidia RTX Spark architecture, and Windows OS updates.
Anthropic is offering open-source projects a new way to check for vulnerabilities with its OSS Scanner.

New usage policy cracks down on cruelty to chatbot, alongside slightly more pressing matters of weapons development, surveillance, and election interference
Vegalabs says $21,168 in unused Azure credits expired as separate Marketplace charges piled up
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The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information.

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Documentary "NAZA" examines how Israeli forces use AI and surveillance systems to target and kill Palestinians. Review.

Nine tech movies, documentaries, and shows covering AI, social media, crypto, and Silicon Valley founders: The Social Reckoning, Artificial, Musk, The AI Doc, The Altruists, You Can See Everything, and more.

Three OpenAI researchers said their firings may have a 'chilling' effect on employees.

Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".

Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.

Octocats claim 35x write improvement
Anthropic says for the next two years, attackers will have the advantage